Sec. 935. Data analytics capability for support of enhanced oversight and management of the Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities
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By not later than September 30, 2020, the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense shall establish and maintain within the Department of Defense a data analytics capability for purposes of supporting enhanced oversight and management of the Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities. If the position of Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense is succeeded by another position in the Department, the duties of the Deputy Chief Management Officer under this section shall be discharged by the occupant of such succeeding position.
The data analytics capability shall permit the following: The maintenance on a continuing basis of an accurate tabulation of the amounts being expended by the Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities on their personnel. The maintenance on a continuing basis of an accurate number of the personnel currently supporting the Defense Agencies and Field Activities, including the following: Members of the regular components of the Armed Forces. Members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.
Civilian employees of the Department of Defense. Employees of contractors of the Department, including federally funded research and development centers. Detailees, whether from another organization or element of the Department or from another department or agency of the Federal Government. The maintenance of a continuing basis of the following: An identification of the functions being performed by each Defense Agency and Field Activity. An accurate tabulation of the amounts being expended by each Defense Agency and Field Activity on its functions.
The streamlined assembly and analysis of data for purposes of the capability, including through appropriate automated processes. In establishing the data analytics capability, the Deputy Chief Management Officer may use the following: Data and information from each of the Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities. Data and information from the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). Subject to the direction and control of the Secretary of Defense, any other resources of the Department the Deputy Chief Management Officer considers appropriate.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Deputy Chief Management Officer shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the progress of the Deputy Chief Management Officer in establishing the data analytics capability. The report shall include the following: A description and assessment of the efforts of the Deputy Chief Management Officer through the date of the report to establish the data analytics capability. A description of current gaps in the data required to establish the data analytics capability, and a description of the efforts to be undertaken to eliminate such gaps.
Any other matters in connection with the establishment of the data analytics capability that the Deputy Chief Management Officer considers appropriate. Not later than December 31, 2020, the Deputy Chief Management Officer shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the data analytics capability as established pursuant to this section. The report shall include the following: A description and assessment of the data analytics capability. Any other matters in connection with the data analytics capability that the Deputy Chief Management Officer considers appropriate.